Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Talana (Capt. J. H. Blunt, N.B.P.) unofficial connections, last two clasps copies, renamed, good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers.

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John Harvey Blunt was born on 30 July 1872, son of of the 8th Baronet Blunt of the same name (title created 1720). Educated at Beaumont College, Windsor. During the Boer War he served as a Captain in the Natal Border Police. During the Great War he served as Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. He succeeded his father as 9th Baronet in 1922. Living latterly at Huntleys, Tunbridge Wells, he died on 11 July 1938. With copied research.